A deadly hantavirus outbreak has unfolded aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, leaving three passengers dead and several others infected. Here’s what you need to know.
Deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship - everything you need to know in under 3 minutes
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Mon 00:12 - Fox News
Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat
Tue 09:07 - France 24
Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship
Tue 19:54 - The Telegraph
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Tue 21:54 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'
Tue 22:11 - NYT Europe
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Wed 03:19 - Al Jazeera English
Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands
Wed 08:42 - Euronews
'We don't know what we're dealing with': Canary Islands reject hantavirus cruise ship
Wed 09:40 - France 24
Evacuation of three people from hantavirus-hit cruise ship 'ongoing': WHO
Wed 10:04 - France 24
Live: Hantavirus-infected patient hospitalised in Zurich as three more 'evacuated' from cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW All
Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW All
Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'
Wed 10:11 - DW Top
Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'
Wed 10:14 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain to dock in Canary Islands
Wed 11:45 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Top
Medicine: The most important questions and answers about the hantavirus
Wed 11:46 - France 24
Hantavirus: Latest updates on the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius
Wed 12:00 - UN News All
Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease
Wed 12:05 - Fox News
Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak
Wed 13:42 - Fox News
Doctor warns 'terrifying' cruise virus can be mistaken for flu before turning deadly
Wed 15:22 - France 24
3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from ship with hantavirus outbreak
Wed 16:24 - Financial Times
Spain to repatriate 150 passengers from cruise hit by rat-borne virus
Wed 16:52 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, the Ministry of Health alerts border offices
Wed 16:56 - Le Monde
Hantavirus: many unknowns around an “unprecedented and worrying” health event; the WHO wants to reassure about the pandemic risk
Wed 17:01 - Fox News
Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak
Wed 21:38 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th
Wed 21:38 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th
Wed 21:43 - Sky News (UK)
British ex-police officer evacuated from cruise ship isolating in hospital with hantavirus
Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera English
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Thu 00:20 - NYT Europe
Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States
Thu 02:33 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, the dead Dutch spouses had traveled between Chile, Uruguay and Argentina
Thu 03:55 - BBC Europe
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated
Thu 04:35 - BBC Headlines
Two Britons self-isolating in UK after leaving hantavirus cruise ship early
Thu 05:43 - NRK (NO)
The climate crisis may increase cases of hantavirus
Thu 07:09 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: the ship heading to the Canaries, “For now, the risk for the rest of the world is low”
Thu 08:15 - Aftenposten (NO)
Flight attendant in hospital with possible hantavirus infection
Thu 08:37 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: a flight attendant hospitalized in the Netherlands after a risky contact
Thu 09:31 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'
Thu 09:31 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'
Thu 09:36 - France 24
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Spain's Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
Thu 09:38 - France 24
Argentina probes link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise
Thu 09:39 - France 24
What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak
Thu 10:08 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: “No one has symptoms on board anymore”
Thu 10:11 - Die Welt
More guests than expected left the Hantavirus ship - flight attendant in hospital with symptoms
Thu 10:30 - DW All
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship
Thu 10:30 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship
Thu 10:31 - ANSA Top News
Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'
Thu 10:36 - ANSA Mondo
Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'
Thu 10:58 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Hantavirus: At least 29 passengers left the “MS Hondius” after the virus outbreak
Thu 10:58 - El Pais
Breaking news on the Hantavirus outbreak, live | The cruise company raises to 30 the number of passengers on the ship who got off before the outbreak was detected
Thu 11:00 - HLN (BE)
Now that a flight attendant is also in hospital quarantine: is hantavirus more contagious than thought? Virologist Marc Van Ranst explains
Thu 11:03 - DW All
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship
Thu 11:03 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship